Westchester County Budget Forum Starts Dialogue on Funding Solutions

White Plains- (Sept. 30) –A diverse group of more than 100 community leaders representing the business, nonprofit and government sectors rolled up their sleeves and participated in an innovative forum called Our Budget. Our Values: A Community Conversation, at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains on Sept. 30.

Attendees at this unprecedented forum engaged in a candid, wide-ranging conversation on ways to sustain a thriving Westchester, including a robust discussion on county priorities, the interplay between county, state and local finances, and the challenges and potential solutions to sustainably fund vital services.

The program was sponsored by #Keep Westchester Thriving, a coalition of nine diverse organizations representing more than 500 Westchester nonprofits dedicated to helping the county remain a vibrant place to live work and play. It was co-sponsored by the Pace Women’s Justice Center.

Photo caption: Left to right: Front row: The Rev. Noelle Damico, Co-Chair of the Westchester Women’s Agenda; Laura Rossi, Esq., Executive Director of the Westchester Community Foundation; Joanna Straub, Executive Director, Nonprofit Westchester; Back row: Assemblyman David Buchwald; Kathy Halas, Executive Director of Child Care Council of Westchester and Nonprofit Westchester Board President; Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute; White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach and Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators Michael Kaplowitz.